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I've been a friend of Kike and his father since he was 16, so it's great to see him getting a well-deserved boost from the BBC. Paraguayan harpists generally end up in cabaret - kike deserves to take himself and his instrument to places it hasn't been heard before.

One thing though - your guess that the number of strings is 24 is way out. It has 36. A 24 string harp would sit on your lap.

This isn't vital in the context of your article, but I've noticed that it's appearing on other sites that the harp has 24 strings, and I thought I'd try and stop the rumour before it becomes a clippings file fact.

Regards,

Nick Penny
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Nick is right, my wild guess has is being repeated as a fact in other places, notably the publicity for this year's Thames Festival.

I have corrected the text of my bulletin for 7 May 2005 and hope that the error will not become permanent.